subsistence

英 [səbˈsɪstəns]

美 [səbˈsɪstəns]

n.  勉强维持生活

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Collins.1 / BNC.9101 / COCA.10237

牛津词典

noun

• 勉强维持生活
  the state of having just enough money or food to stay alive
  1. Many families are living below the level of subsistence.
     许多家庭难以度日。
  2. to live below (the) subsistence level
     生活在基本生活水平线以下
  3. They had no visible means of subsistence.
     他们生计无着。
  4. subsistence agriculture/farming (= growing enough only to live on, not to sell)
     收成仅够自身口粮的自给农业
  5. subsistence crops
     生存作物
  6. He worked a 16-hour day for a subsistence wage (= enough money to buy only basic items) .
     他一天工作16个小时，工资仅够勉强维持生计。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 勉强维持生活;生存;存活
  Subsistenceis the condition of just having enough food or money to stay alive.
  1. ...below the subsistence level...
     低于最低生活水平
  2. The standard of living today is on the edge of subsistence.
     现在的生活水平几乎快要无法维持生计。
• ADJ (农业或农业生产)收成仅够自身口粮的
  Insubsistencefarming orsubsistenceagriculture, farmers produce food to eat themselves rather than to sell.
  1. Many black Namibians are subsistence farmers who live in the arid borderlands.
     许多生活在土地贫瘠的边境地区的纳米比亚黑人农场主的收成仅够维持自身的口粮。

英英释义

noun

• minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
  1. social security provided only a bare subsistence
• the state of existing in reality
• a means of surviving
  1. farming is a hard means of subsistence

双语例句

• First, the relationship between subsistence and development.
  一是生存与发展的关系。
• In america's ideal of freedom, citizens find the dignity and security of economic independence, instead of laboring on the edge of subsistence.
  在美国的自由理想中，公民们发现了经济独立带来的尊严和保障，而不是徘徊在生存边缘的辛苦劳作。
• The basic practice is divided into practice for subsistence and practice for development.
  基本实践分生存实践和发展实践。
• Bottleneck of Subsistence and Development of Tradition Dry-cured Duck in Modern Times
  传统板鸭在现代社会中生存和发展的瓶颈
• Citizens 'lawful earnings, savings, houses and other means of subsistence;
  （一）公民的合法收入、储蓄、房屋和其他生活资料；
• Many black Namibians are subsistence farmers who live in the arid borderlands.
  许多生活在土地贫瘠的边境地区的纳米比亚黑人农场主的收成仅够维持自身的口粮。
• A subsistence farmer may have overheads, but he needs few transaction services.
  自给自足的农民可能也有经营成本，但他需要的交易服务很少。
• Not even subsistence is possible in such conditions.
  在这种条件下连维持生存都不可能。
• Those most in need will be the landless, both rural and urban, and marginal subsistence farmers.
  最需要帮助的人群，是城乡的无地者和处于温饱边缘的农民。
• The standard of living today is on the edge of subsistence.
  现在的生活水平几乎快要无法维持生计。